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For my friend's stag, we're looking for somewhere that...

is self catering

has open fires

has a decent kitchen (we want to do proper feast cooking)

has a table for 14 people to feast

is in England (preferably in the southern part)

and is available on the weekend of the 18/19 Feb 2011 for those two night

Budget around ?1,400 (?100 each)


We've been having a look around this site http://www.holiday-chateau.com/ but I thought I'd ask on here if anyone could recommend somewhere. All and any help greatly appreciated.


Thanks

I've stayed at both these barns this year and can happily recommend them.

Trevase Cottages



It is quite short notice though, so if you don't get in anywhere, how about the great outdoors?

This place allows cooking fires in private woodland clearings, so you could try your own hog roast and if it all goes wrong or starts raining, Brighton is 20 min away in a cab.

Blackberry Wood Campsite

I just organised a hen do here:


http://www.rossholme.co.uk/country-holidays/accommodation.html


Sleeps about 18, has an amazing kitchen with a huge table and two small rooms with open fires (we spent the entire time in the kitchen). It's a really lovely, higgley-piggedly type house with loads of space - and it's not perfect, so you aren't terrified of making a mess or dropping a glass.


It is in the middle of nowhere though - there is an old man's pub at the end of the road, which does okish grub (and had 3 customers when we all rocked up for dinner on the Saturday night).


Anyway, we loved it! And it's cheap as chips - cost us ?700 for two nights.

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